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Greek

Medium/Technique Bronze
Credit Line Gift of H. P. Kidder
Accession Number81.136
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentRings

Catalogue Raisonné Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 285.
DescriptionThe bezel has a winged lion (?), or a ketos with lion's forepart, engraved in intaglio. Much corroded and encrusted with green.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Henry P. Kidder Collection (according to MFA archival card: from Crete; purchased by W. J. Stillman); gift of Henry P. Kidder to MFA, September 27, 1881